CVE-2026-26312

Stalwart Mail Server has Out-of-Memory Denial of Service via Malformed Nested MIME Messages

Published Feb 19, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Stalwart is a mail and collaboration server. A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Stalwart Mail Server versions 0.13.0 through 0.15.4 where accessing a specially crafted email containing malformed nested `message/rfc822` MIME parts via IMAP or JMAP causes excessive CPU and memory consumption, potentially leading to an out-of-memory condition and server crash. The malformed structure causes the `mail-parser` crate to produce cyclical references in its parsed representation, which Stalwart then follows indefinitely. Version 0.15.5 contains a patch.

Remediation

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History
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Metrics ssvc

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First Time appeared Stalw
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:stalw:stalwart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Stalw
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First Time appeared Stalwartlabs
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Vendors & Products Stalwartlabs
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Description Stalwart is a mail and collaboration server. A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Stalwart Mail Server versions 0.13.0 through 0.15.4 where accessing a specially crafted email containing malformed nested `message/rfc822` MIME parts via IMAP or JMAP causes excessive CPU and memory consumption, potentially leading to an out-of-memory condition and server crash. The malformed structure causes the `mail-parser` crate to produce cyclical references in its parsed representation, which Stalwart then follows indefinitely. Version 0.15.5 contains a patch.
Title Stalwart Mail Server has Out-of-Memory Denial of Service via Malformed Nested MIME Messages
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Feb 20, 2026, 7:58 PM
Reserved
Feb 13, 2026, 4:27 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Feb 19, 2026, 9:18 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:26 AM